Name: Jean Lafitte House
Address: 613 Esplanade Avenue PO Box 56637,Esplanade Avenue, New Orleans, New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70116, United States of America
Rating: 8

Air conditioning

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All Spaces Non-Smoking (public and private)

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Family room

Cable TV

Hairdryer

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Microwave oven

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Decatur Street

Palace Market Frenchmen

Shops of The Colonnade

Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop Bar

Art In Bloom Gallery and Studio

Harouni Gallery

Pontalba Buildings

Café du Monde

Marie Laveau House of Voodoo

Rodrigue Studio

Lakefront Airport

Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport

Jean Lafitte House

New Orleans

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Staying here has made our NOLA trip so easy and perfect. Between the kitchen and private bedroom it’s perfect for a little family vacation. Location is ideal, walking distance to all main attractions without having to be in the middle of all the craziness. Blu at the front desk has been amazing helping us get organized and make the most of our trip. Truly such a lovely individual.

Perfect spot for visiting NOLA/French quarter 

Very convenient to the French Quarter. Easy to walk to the French Quarter market and restaurants. There is free street parking. The rooms need better blinds. The inside of the room is visible from the outside. 

Good location but need door coverings

What a disappointment.  Outdated furniture, nasty carpet, a room on the third floor with no elevator, bent and broken blinds and curtain rods, a mattress that bowed in the middle and was a full size, charges for not washing your dishes and moving the furniture, a pool with leaves in it constantly, no sign outside to even tell us where we were, no closet upstairs in the bedroom, I could go on. 

Deceiving Pictures in the Brochure

I absolutely loved this place.
The vibe was perfect! 
The location was perfect!
The price was more than reasonable. 
The staff was lovely and accommodating. I'm DEFINITELY staying here again. 10 out of 10 would absolutely recommenda

Issa total vibe!

We stayed here through our timeshare exchange on Interval.  It was odd that they contacted us in advance that if we did not give them a credit card they would cancel our reservation.  We then found out they don't staff the place 24/7 and would get access codes to let ourselves in which again seemed odd especially for a city location.  
When we arrived we immediately found problems with our room mainly broken items.  We notified management and they were not corrected during our week long stay.  We tried not to let it bother us and we made due.  The worst part of the entire stay was the last night.  Homeless people tried to get us to let them in when returning with some takeout food.  Apparently one of them then booked a room, got in and let their friends in.  I overheard them walking up the stairs talking about the drugs they bought (crack was one of them).  At one point some of them were locked out of the unit and were banging on the door screaming for their friend to let them in until 2am.  They even yelled to their friend that they would call management who would then call the police and arrest them for opioids.  Not exactly a comfortable experience.  We were checking out in the morning so we tried our best to get a little sleep before our flight the next morning.  We will certainly not stay here again or recommend it to anyone else.

Good location but not worth it

We booked this resort through RCI using our timeshare.  The location is very good.  Very close to French Quarter and walking distance to everything.  Management is not on site regularly and office is staffed only from 9 am to 3 pm daily.  If you are checking in any later than 3 pm, I highly recommend that you contact the resort ahead of time to make arrangements.  Check-in is at 4 pm, but there is no guarantee that anyone will be there at that time.  We arrived at 6:30 pm, which is not considered a late check-in by the average hotel's standards, and ended up stranded on the sidewalk with our suitcases for 1.5 hours, waiting for someone to return our calls and texts to the posted "after-hours" contact number.  Turns out their phone did not allow them to call a non-US phone number, so by the time they figured out to call from someone else's phone, it was 8:30 pm and we had given up and checked in to another hotel for the night.  Also, we booked a 2-bed unit through RCI and received a confirmation of that, but the manager said that RCI only reserved us a 1-bed unit.  They were gracious enough to give us the 2-bed unit as they happened to have one available, and were apologetic about us not being able to check in.  They offered to meet us there that night, but we had already paid for another non-refundable room by that point.  Just contact the resort prior to check-in to confirm your arrival time, and you should be OK.  My other chief complaint was that the common areas were neglected and dirty.  The pool was like a swamp, but it was January, so no one would be likely to swim, but be aware of this if you are a cool-weather swimmer.  The furniture is old and worn and the rugs in the unit were beyond filthy with sticky spots and stains.  Bring slippers that you can either throw away or wash, because you will not want to walk on those rugs without foot coverings.  The kitchen, bathroom and linens were clean but the unit is very dusty.  I understand that keeping a building that is over 150 years old dust-free is impossible, but there were many neglected areas of the unit.  I would not stay here again due to the lack of overall cleanliness.

Good location but very dirty and outdated

My husband and I travel all over the United States all the time. I got this one at random and I am so glad that I did. The staff is absolutely amazing and the rooms are everything you could be looking for. Living room kitchenette beautiful furniture beautiful area right near everything. I wish there were more than five stars that I could rate this at.

The Best!

I hope to return to Jean Lafitte House again soon! This was our second stay. Wendy and the staff are very kind and helpful. The location is great, right on the edge of the French Quarter and the Marigny neighborhood, just blocks from Freshmen Street and its music venues, and the French Market. Crescent Park is also a short walk away from the resort along the Mississippi River and always worth a stroll. JLH is a very old and charming building and has its quirks, like an outside staircase that is difficult to navigate with luggage. But the location, staff and architecture more than make up for any drawbacks. The kitchenette is a good size with a regular refrigerator/freezer - one of many nice benefits of this resort.

Great location and fabulous staff!

The resort is located right on the end of the French Quarter, very close to the French Market.  The market is open daily and a great place to go get coffee and a crepe in the morning.  Right down the street are a few local bars that are open very late into the night.  There is a tour called the Dead Frenchmen, which brings you by the guest house and tells the story of Aliester Crowley, who stayed for 3 months in New Orleans, down the street from the resort in what is now called the Red Dragon.  It also describes how in 1984, when they were installing a pool at the resort, there were tunnels found running parallel to Esplanade Street.  Be sure to stay but bring earplugs!  The house is very haunted and the ghosts are very active at night, especially.  They make a lot of noise, almost like they don't want you to sleep.  There were multiple times I was woken up by someone knocking on the walls.  One time I heard someone brushing their teeth in the bathroom just a few feet from my bed, and I was the only one staying in the unit.  The ghosts sometimes went up or down the stairs at night, loudly stomping on the steps and slamming doors.  There is parking available down the street in a small lot that is home to an old green car that is also the subject of a ghost story explained on the Dead Frenchman tour.  The ghosts also liked to.play with the lights and one night they kept flickering on and off.  They were heard much more often than seen, while I was there.  I was hoping to catch a glimpse of the "lady in white" that is said to inhabit the house, but no luck.  I also heard of the "child in the mirror" but didn't see him either.  I did see a white mist in the dining room one day but it disappeared quickly.  I highly recommend staying here, the staff was very kind and sweet, the house was very clean, and it is in a pretty good location.  Just be prepared for ghosts making a lot of noise while you are there!

Must enjoy ghosts to stay here!

When we arrived we were told our reservations that we made 1& 1/2 weeks earlier, had been cancelled the NIGHT before. No one contacted me, in fact I spoke & messaged the hotel on 3 different occasions before arrival. They offered us a suite on the 3rd floor that was HORRIBLE. It smelled of mold, nothing was nice, furniture was cheap and old. Carpet was old & filthy dirty. This place is a dump. Don’t waste your time or money on this nightmare

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